These two parenting workshops will give you strategies to give your children the core skills that lead to flexibility, resilience, thoughtfulness, and optimism. Each workshop will cover two of the four core needs (Crucial C’s) everyone seeks to living a fulfilling life. You are welcome to attend one or both sessions.

If your son or daughter is using substances, but isn’t ready to make a change in his or her life, there are still steps you can take to help. In this short video, Master Addictions Counselor Mary Ann Badenoch, LPC, offers tips for talking with your child, so you can better understand his or her mixed feelings about getting treatment.

Parents—tell your teen not to drive after using marijuana or other drugs, and don’t get in a car with a driver who has used marijuana or other drugs!

FACT: More teens are driving after smoking marijuana than after heavy drinking. A national study showed that from 2009-2011, the percentage of high school seniors who drove after using marijuana was almost three times as high as those who drove after drinking heavily. (American Journal of Public Health 103:2027-2034)

Remember: Marijuana and many medications act on parts of the brain that can impair driving ability. Many prescription drugs have warning labels against the operation of machinery and driving motor vehicles, for a certain period of time after use. You are more likely to be injured or in an accident while driving while under the influence of marijuana or prescription drugs.

Raising a mentally strong kid doesn’t mean he won’t cry when he’s sad or that he won’t fail sometimes. Mental strength won’t make your child immune to hardship – but it also won’t cause him to suppress his emotions.

In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Mental strength is what helps kids bounce back from setbacks. It gives them the strength to keep going, even when they’re plagued with self-doubt. A strong mental muscle is the key to helping kids reach their greatest potential in life.

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